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Was entire mankind was ordered by Allah to bow to Adam?

Who performed Nikah of Adam AS and HawaAS.

Was there any companion of Prophet by name Haaris who
preferred to pray salah alone instead of in mosque?

Is Muhammad (SAW) created by Allah’s noor? In Mehraz,
when he SAW met Allah, whom did he (SAW) saw or met?

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Answer:

Was prophet(saws)
made from noor

In the name of Allah,
We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah
guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide
them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah
Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the
seal of His Messengers.

Your Question: Was entire mankind was ordered by Allah to
bow to Adam?

Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 18 Surah Al-Kahf verse 50:

50Behold! We Commanded the Angels
"Bow down to Adam": they all bowed down except Iblees.He (Iblees) was one of the Jinns and he broke
the Command of his Lord!Will ye then
take him and his progeny as protectors rather than Me? And they are enemies to
you! Evil would be the exchange for the wrongdoers!

Prophet Adam (a.s.) was the very
first human being created by the Lord Most Exalted……and at the time the Lord
Most Majestic Commanded the Angels to bow to Adam, mankind (or the children of
Adam) were not yet even born!

Your Question: Who performed Nikah of Adam AS and HawaAS.

The Quran and the Sunnah are
silent regarding the rite of ‘nikaah’ of the parents of all mankind, Prophet
Adam (a.s.) and Hawwa…and my respected brother, whenever the Glorious Quran and
the Sunnah are silent on a subject, it is not (and I take refuge in Allah from
even stating this!) because Allah Subhanah or His Messenger (saws) forgot, but
because that information is not necessary for one’s guidance to the Straight
Path.

Thus Allah Subhanah Alone Knows
‘who’ exactly performed the ‘nikaah’ of Prophet Adam (a.s.) and his wife Hadrat
Hawwa, or whether the rite of ‘nikaah’ was indeed performed or not.

Your Question: Was there any companion of Prophet by name
Haaris who preferred to pray salah alone instead of in mosque?

The only people who preferred
not to attend the obligatory prayers in congregation at the time of the Prophet
(saws) were the hypocrites.

To the best of our knowledge,
there is no evidence in the recorded history of a noble companion of the
Prophet (saws) who preferred to offer his obligatory prayers alone in
preference to offering them in congregation with the believers as Commanded and
Guided by Allah and His Messenger (saws).And Allah Alone Knows Best.

Your Question: ….Is Muhammad (SAW) created by Allah’s
noor?

Allah Subhanah clearly Declares
in the Quran that He created the first human being of clay and created his
progeny from a nature of fluid.Prophet
Mohamed (saws) was, without an iota of a doubt, a ‘bashar’ (human being), and
thus he (saws) was NOT created from ‘noor’ like the angels.There is absolutely no truth to the
statement that the Noble Prophet Mohamed (saws) was created from ‘Noor’ or
Light!

Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 32 Surah As-Sajdah verses 7-8:

7He Who has made everything which He has
created most Good.He began the
creation of man with (nothing more than) clay.

8And made his progeny from a quintessence of the nature of a fluid despised.

Some people, in their excess,
try to hold and spread such false beliefs that the Prophet (saws) was not created
like the other human beings, and thus try to propagate that he (saws) was
created like the Angels from ‘noor’ or light!Because they believe that if the Prophet (saws) was only a human being,
then what would be the difference between him and other human beings?So, in their excess, they try to invent
falsehoods and say things about the Prophet (saws) and his self which have
absolutely no basis in reality!People
who claim such falsehood, in their excess and their ignorance, try to belittle
the noble Prophet (saws) by claiming he was created from ‘noor’!The greatness and significance of the Noble
Prophet (saws) lies in the fact that he, like all the other human beings, was
created from clay, possessed the nature of a human being, and was bestowed with
a ‘free will’ to choose obedience or disobedience of the Lord like every human
being; and the Noble Prophet (saws) chose to submit himself unconditionally to
His Supreme Lord and Creator.

Had he (saws) been created from
‘noor’, he would have been an angel, who do not possess the nature of human
beings, do not have to fight temptation like the humans, and do not possess a
‘free will’ to choose between obedience and disobedience!Greatness and magnificence is when one is
bestowed with the weak nature of man, and this human being chooses to remain an
obedient slave of his Lord and Creator!

Allah Subhanah has Himself
commanded the Prophet (saws) to declare in the Glorious Quran,that he (saws) is no more than a ‘bashar’
(human being); the only difference being that he (saws) has been chosen as a
Messenger of Allah, is directly inspired and guided by Allah Subhanah, and
receives Revelations from the Lord of the Worlds.

Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 18 Surah Kahf verse 110:

Say (O Prophet) :
"I am but a ‘bashar’ (human) like yourselves(but) the inspiration has come to me: that
your Allah is one Allah:whoever expects
to meet his Lord,let him work
righteousness,and in the worship of his
Lord admit no one as partner."

The greatness and significance
of the Noble Prophet (saws) lies in the fact that he, like all the other human
beings, was created from clay, possessed the nature of a human being, and was
bestowed with a ‘free will’ to choose between obedience and disobedience like
every human being; and the Noble Prophet (saws) chose to submit himself
unconditionally to His Supreme Lord and Creator.

We assure you that there is
absolutely nothing in the Quran or Sunnah which even implies that the Messenger
of Allah (saws) was created from ‘Noor’; on the contrary the Glorious Quran
clearly declares that the Prophet (saws) was no more than a ‘bashar’ (human
being) like all human beings, and he (saws) received Revelations and Guidance
from Allah Subhanah.

Your Question: …In Mehraz, when he SAWS met Allah, whom
did he (SAW) saw or met?

Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 17 Surah Israa Verse 1:

1Glory to (Allah) Who did take His Servant (Prophet Mohamed (saws))
for journey by night from the Sacred Mosque (in Makkah) to the Farthest Mosque
(Masjid Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem)
whose precincts We did Blessin order that We might show him some of Our Signs:
for He is the one Who hears and see (all things).

As recorded in the authentic and
established records of Sunnah, during the ‘night journey’ the Messenger of
Allah (saws) led all the previous Prophets of Allah in prayer in the Masjid
Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem.

It is also recorded in various
authentic hadeeths, that after ascension towards the heavens with Hadrat
Jibrael (a.s.), the Messenger of Allah (saws) met with Prophet Adam (a.s.) in
the first heaven; Prophets Yahya (a.s.) and Isa ibn Maryam (a.s.) in the second
heaven; Prophet Yusuf (a.s.) in the third heaven; Prophet Idris (a.s.) in the
fourth heaven; Prophet Haroon (a.s.) in the fifth; Prophet Musa (a.s.) in the
sixth; and Prophet Ibraheem (a.s.) in the seventh.

It is also recorded that the
Prophet (saws) was shown various segments of Hell Fire and its inhabitants
during this period of ascension.

Whatever written of
Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever
of error is of me alone.Allah Alone
Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.